Adapting to land loss in these 6 Louisiana parishes is topic of public meetings

A federally funded program is again asking residents of six Louisiana coastal parishes to help design projects aimed at adapting to land loss. Louisiana's Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments promises to fund at least one project, program or policy in each of the parishes with money from a $40 million U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
grant.

Beginning May 30, the program will resume the community meetings. While much of the state's
50-year, $50 billion master plan
is largely focused on building levees and restoring marsh, this program is intended to encourage non-structural ways to adapt.

"For a challenge as complex as our changing coast, successful adaptation relies on parishes and residents expanding the conversation beyond just physical alterations," said Mathew Sanders, resilience program and policy administrator with the Louisiana Office of Community Development.

People unable to attend the meetings are invited to visit the
LASAFE.la.gov
website to watch a video about the initiative and provide feedback. The meetings will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., unless otherwise noted: